That story was a complete misinterpretation of something culled from the Entertainment Weekly article!

In the EW interview, it is the opposite, and an even more damning critique of Kevin Smith by Prince than that sensational headline gives him credit for.

In the EW interview, Prince says he and his band walked out of JERSEY GIRL because it was boring, which the article describes as "a so-so departure from" Kevin Smith's "usual lewd and crude comedies. Prince was unimpressed. Not that the 45-year-old, happily married, devout Jehovah's Witness can't appreciate a cleaner act; he himself has scrubbed from his set list staples like 'Head' and 'Jack U Off.' It's just that according to Prince, Smith didn;t replace it with anything interesting. 'We walked out after an hour,' he sniffs. 'Guess that's what happens when the potty mouth don;t work for you anymore.'"

That dumb Contact Music story (of which there is a thread about here on the forum) totally blew it, and it pisses me off. It is as if they didn;t bother to actually read it. Either that or they purposely skewed it, mentioning Ben Affleck, who DOESN'T EVEN SWEAR IN THE FILM!! We should all write them an have them correct that story and apologize.

crenshaw,

if Prnce wasnt bothered by the cursing in the film, why did he say this:

'We walked out after an hour,' he sniffs. 'Guess that's what happens when the potty mouth don;t work for you anymore.'"

SquarePeg said:

It is a slam on Kevin Smith-- Prince is suggesting that without the swearing, Kevin Smith doesn't have anything else to stand on.

Read the paragraph carefully-- first of all, it sets up that there is no swearing in the new Kevin Smith film. The whole thing about Kevin Smith is that his films in the past have had a lot of swearing in them. The misinterpretation comes also from assuming that Prince is talking about himself with the line, "the potty mouth don;t work for you anymore." Prince was actually referring to Kevin Smith-- in other words, Smith took out the potty mouth, because it doesn't work for him anymore, but as the article says, Prince felt that Smith did not replace the potty mouth with anything interesting. It is all right there for you to read.
[This message was edited Sat Apr 17 9:33:58 2004 by crenshaw]

The headline would have been correct if it had read:

PRINCE BORED BY BEN AFFLECK'S NON-SWEARING

On the other thread, I've noticed that coachsean has summed it up beautifully-- this was his post:

"I'm not sure why the original poster paraphrased the story...maybe that's all they had access to and i'm also a little surprised that no one else has also read the story and commented on what was "actually" said.

That said i'm also going to paraphrase and leave it for others to quote verbatim from the article:

Prince walked out because the movie sucked. Not because of the cursing. It says how Jersey Girl was actually a more mainstream attempt by Kevin Smith and did not have as much cussing as his previous flicks. The reporter even states how that was no problem for Prince as he can appreciate someone cleaning up their act. But after an hour of a crappy movie Prince just felt it wasn't going to get any better and he left. His quote, "I guess that's what happens when the Potty mouth don't work for you anymore" was meant to say that apparently Kevin Smith can't be as funny without the curse words.

I read it once and somewhat quickly...if someone else post it and it reads differently i apologize but i'm pretty sure that the above is much closer to what happened then the judgemental hypocrite he's being exposed as by most of the previous post."

However, it was not the original poster's fault on the other thread-- the story that poster posted was from this link:

http://www.contactmusic.c...endocument

A totally misguided interpretation of the EW article.
[This message was edited Sat Apr 17 9:51:30 2004 by crenshaw]

When will Ben Affleck vanish into obscurity with the other folks that can't act? Anyone see Reindeer Games? If I didn't see it on DVD, I would have walked out.

squirrelgrease said:

I DID watch it on DVD, and I still walked out!

gsh said:

crenshaw said:

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It is just like I said on the other thread. Let all read the article to find out what he really said.

I've seen Jersey Girl and really liked it. This is definitely a Kevin Smith movie and not a mainstream movie. I don't know why critics keep saying this. Most of this is backlash from the whole Beniffer thing which is a shame because the movie is really good. The trailer is also very misleading. Yes, there are cliches in this film but with Kevin's unique voice throughout. There is a lot of Kevin's crude humor but just not as hardcore as his other movies. Prince should have stuck around for another hour where the porno and masturbation talk happens.
[This message was edited Sat Apr 17 12:31:46 2004 by automatic]

automatic said:

Co-sign lol
i was bored for like half an hour during the whole bennifer thing
it starts rolling after a while
its no Mallrats but its good

crenshaw said:

Uh, yes, he does.

gsh said:

Okay, I apologize-- I haven't seen the film. Apparently, Affleck does swear in the film. But the interpretation of the EW article is still way off. Prince does not purport in the interview to have been upset by any "cursing," and yet that is what the headline and story were about. Prince's comment was about the lack of cursing (which apparently there is a lot less of in the film, according to the EW writer), and about the film being unworthy of sticking through, not because it lacked the usual amount of cursing, but because (Prince felt) there was not much left of Kevin Smith's talent once you take away that crutch.

The implication, I guess, is that even though Prince used to curse, he feels he had the talent to back himself up.

It is telling that Prince would go see this movie-- as he himself is trying to change, perhaps he wanted to check out the work of another artist doing something less raunchy than in the past.

crenshaw said:

Cool, I get you. But I would say that anyone who thinks this film doesn't have that Kevin Smith stamp all over it is crazy. It has its raunch. It is rife with swearing and cursing. The only thing missing is Jay and Silent Bob.

thank god that someone dug up the truth.
i was really disappointed & sickened by what i thought happened.
i thought i was losing MY BOY 2 his JW religion. i thought he
was unable 2 think 4 himself and make sound judgements.

i didn't get any sleep last night pondering over this.
thinking that the man who has had the most influence over my life,
the man, whose music is my life's soundtrack since i was 7 in 1979,
had FOREVER changed.
i thought i'd be reduced 2 living in the past.

what a scare!! thank god the previous thread isn't true.
thanx crenshaw...

Sorry if I seemed too annoyed by this-- it just irritated me when I opened my EW this morning and read the real story.
[This message was edited Sat Apr 17 16:10:18 2004 by crenshaw]

So the whole band left with him like a bunch of sheep?


I guess they all have to suck his ass like always.

gsh said:

Oh yeah? Well when I watched it on DVD, I burnt my fucking house down!

crenshaw said:

The initial thread was started by me after checking out AskJeeves new search features, one of which allows you to search for news items related to celebrities. It was cut and paste into an org thread to start discussion, not to imply a complete and 100% accurate first person survey of the incident. It was pointing out a headline in Princedom, and opening discussion from there.

You could also argue that Prince is projecting more then reflecting with these recent actions...

I think you are part of some big anti-Prince conspiracy Tom.

bkw said:

Ok, I'll be honest. Around 1995, Warner Bros hired me to initiate a smear capaign against Prince. Since then, we've been having monthly meetings in a treehouse in my backyard. But due to my full time schedule at Burger King, I haven't always been able to devote 100% of myself to their agenda. This week I had some free time, hence the post...

JOEYCOCO said:

Good grief, Charlie Brown.

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[This message was edited Sat Apr 17 21:51:48 2004 by PurpleCharm]

Supernova said:

...MAYBE had they shown Jennifer Lopez a little more, Prince would have stayed....SEE!!! hehe
[This message was edited Sat Apr 17 21:57:06 2004 by Starmist7]

Wonder if Prince is still irked about the stuff Kevin Smith said in his documentary about being at Paisley Park? He even said that stuff when I saw him on tour....it's a testament to Prince's ability to forgive that he even went to see the movie =)

Kevin Smith is overrated anyway....